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CONTAlNER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4. 1914.

liatented Oct. 5, 1915.

COLUMBIA PLANOHRAPH coImi NNNNNNNNNNNN ATES QFFICE VICTOR NIVOIS, or:BROOKLYN, New YORK.

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To'all whom it'may concern: V Be it known that I, VIo'roRNIvoIs,.asubject of the President ofFrance, residing at Improvements. inContainers,

Brooklyn, in the county of-King s and State of New York, haveinventednew and useful of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to containers, and

particularly to containers for'articles which are to be carried in thepocket.

While the invention is applicable to many different articles, I'havedescribed it in the W following'specification as applied to a con-"tainer for cigarettes.

. A principal object ofithe mast is to produce a container which is'verysimplein cally manufactured. Y

holds the articles such as cigarettes and preconstruction and which canbe very economisents them in'an uprightposition if the container isopened, or laid'open upon a horizontal support such as a table.

One of the objects of the invention is to produce a container of thistype having an improved formof holder which is very simple andeconomically manufactured, and

which holds the cigarettes in such a way as to .increase the efi'ectivevolumeof the container when closed. V I

A further object of the invention is to provide a" container which canbereadily produced and particularly which can be readily filled withcigarettes or other articles.

A further object of the invention is to providean arrangement foryieldingly re- .tainlng the cigarettes -or other articles in the holder.v

Further objects of the'invention will appear more clearly hereinafter. r

. The invention consists in the general combination of parts and thosefeatures and .details hereinafter described, all of which contributeto'produce an efiifcient container.

A preferred embodiment of my invention will'be particularly'described inthe following specification, while the broad scope "of my invention willbe pointed out in the appended claims. I

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Figure 1 is a perspective of a container embodying my invent qn and r prent ng the in en n at h Specification of Letters Patent."'PatenteflOctt-i 19 Application filed September 4. 1914. Serial No.860,191. a r I plied toacigarette case. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection'throughthe container illustrated in Fig; 3 is a perspectiveshowing this 7 conta ner in its closed position. Fig. 4: is

aplan showing the preferred form of blank from which the holder ofthecontainer may be readily formed. Fig. 51' is a longitudinal verticalsection showing another --form of container for cigarettes embodying theinvention. ,Figf6 is aperspective shoW-.

ingthis other form of container in its closedpositlo-n.

Referring more; particularly tothe parts,

10 and llrepresent two members which are r hingedly connected togetheron the line12.

formed integral with each other and are slightly dished so that whenthey are swung together on their-hinge connection at 12, their edges 18meet continuously so as to inclosea spac'ein which the holder 14: isreceived. V This holder-I14: is preferably of box form and may be'mostconveniently formed from a blank 15 of the form illustrated in Fig. 4.,.The blank'15 is an elongated strip preferably formed with four scorelines 16 at which 'theblank may be folded to form the corners of theholder, and the parts of the blank which produce the side walls 17 ofthe holder are of greater depth than the narrower parts 18and19whichform end walls 20 of the holder. In this way, the side 11' arepreferably made-integral with each other by employing a singleblank ofslmple rectangular. form; properly scored by a transverse V v One orboth of the opposite Walls 17are preferably provided with tongues 23which may, if desired, be integral withtheside walls and struck from thematerialthereofso as'to project slightly inwardly and down--wardlypreferably inthe manner illustrated line at the hingeconnection12.

in Fig. 1. These'tongues tend toexert pres- {sure on' the cigarette 24:in the holder and, )yieldin gly hold them in place. Informing 70 Thesetwo members 10 and 11 are preferably f a protecting sheet 25 which islooped at its lower edge where it passes under the lower ends of thecigarettes, and the sides of this sheet extend up on bothsides of :thecigarettes preferably above the mouth :of the holder; This protectingsheet may be made of light paper, foil, or both foil and :paper.Evidently ,the paper folder 25 imparts the pressure from the tongue tothe cigarettes and prevents the sharp edge .of the tongue frlomanj uringany cigarette when it is "withdrawn. This folder sheetisalso veryusefill in facilitating the filling of the holder,

for "the proper number of cigarettes may 'be placed together in thefolder sheet and then insertedbodilyin the holder as will be read ilyunderstood. When the container of:this form is closed, it will beevident that the lower ends of the cigarettes may project through thebottomless holder 14 and the lower ends of the cigarettes lie near thehinge connection 1:2 whichconnects themembers l0 and :11.

In Figs. 5 and 6, I have illustrated another embodi'ment of theinvention in which the container isof a more common box form and which,when the container is closed, presents substantially the appearance ofan ordinary cigarette box In this form of the invention, 1 provide twomembers 26 and 27, the latter of which is substantially 0f the form .ofthe body of a neck box, the main wall 26 of the lid section beingpreferably formed integral with the main wall 27 of the body section,said main walls being connected by an integral strip 28 which forms theend wall of :the container when closed. At the point of connectionbetween :the strip 28 :and the mainwalls, score lines 29 are formedwhich facilitate the opening and closing of the container. The bodysection 27 presents side walls 30 and an end wall 31 and the lid sectionsimilarly presents side walls 321andan end wall 33. In this form ofcontainer, the holder 34 is of substantially the same form as thatillustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, that is, the side walls 35 are preferablyof greater depth than the end walls of the holder so that they presentflaps 36 which may be bent outwardly and secured by an'adhes'ive orothermeans "to the inner faces of the main walls 26* and 27*. In this form ofthe invention, the holder 34 is also bottomless and the holder, i fdesired, may also embody substantially -the same featuresillustrated inFigs. 1 to 4.

It is understood that the embodiment of the invention described above isonly one of .the-Irnany embodiments or forms the inven 'tion may takeand I do not wish to be limited in the practice of the invention, nor inmy claims, to the particular embodiment set ort that I claim is z 1. Acontainer consisting of a pair of hinged'ly connected members adapted toclose together sozas to inclose a space there between, constructed toopen out and lie extended upon a horizontalsupport, a bottomlessdioldea" iof ibo-x z'fOlIIll having side "walls,i'and end walls'ofawidth slightlyless than the width Jof=the space inclosed between saidJIHGIIlbBIS, said holderkhaving flaps at the :lower end thereof attachedto said members respectivelyat zpoints removed from the hingeiconnection therebetween, the lower end of said .holder being :above thehinge end walls for detaining thecigarettes, a side wall of said :holderhaving an integral tongue extending inwardly and having a cigaretteengaging edge between the upper and lower edges of :said holder to exerta slight pressure upon the cigarettes held within the holder.

3. A container for cigarettesconsisting of a pair of i'hingedl-yconnected members, a holder of box form ihaving side walls and end wallsfor retaining the cigarettes, a side 1 wall of said holder having anintegral tongue struck therefromextending inwardly to exerta "slightpressure upon the cigarettes held within :the holder, said side walls ofsaid :holder being of greater depth than said end walls "to formintegral extensions attached to the inner faces of said members.

4:. A container consisting of a pair of hinge'd'ly connected members, aholder of "box form having side walls and end walls for retaining thecigarettes, a side wall of said holder having an integral tongue strucktherefrom and extending inwardly to exert a slight pressure upon thecigarettes held withi-n't'he fholder, -'an'd'a protecting sheet betweensaid tongue and the cigarettes, protecting the cigarettes and impartingthe pressure thereto :from said tongue.

5. A container consisting of a pairof hingedly connected members, aholder of box fonm having side walls and end walls for retaining thecigarettes, a side wall of said holder having an integral. tongue strucktherefrom and extending inwardly to exert a shgh-t press-are "upon ft'he"cigarettes held 13 within the holder, and a protecting sheet my hand inpresence of two subscribing passing unde; 1the lower inner engs oi thewitnesses. V cigarettes an ying on opposite si es t ereof and extendingbetween said tongue and VICTOR NIVOIS i the cigarettes, and impartingthe pressure Witnesses:

thereto from said tongue. F. D. AMMEN, In testimony whereof I havehereunto set A. DE Mocrr.

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